Disclaimer: the slang word for babe in English almost certainly comes, as it seems, from babe as in a baby, meaning young, attractive???, and talking incoherently, and is in the same vein as many diminutive expressions for women that infantilizes and simultaneously sexualizes them.
HOWEVER
“English word babe comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāt-, and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.)”
it’s funny because there’s a place in Syria called Straight Street, which contains the word “straight”, which happens to be the topic of our conversation
I had a relation that went by “Babe” as a nickname, even his sons- and daughters-in-law called him that, the father/brother term is where it came from.
Disclaimer: the slang word for babe in English almost certainly comes, as it seems, from babe as in a baby, meaning young, attractive???, and talking incoherently, and is in the same vein as many diminutive expressions for women that infantilizes and simultaneously sexualizes them.
HOWEVER
“English word babe comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāt-, and later Proto-Germanic *bō- (A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation.)”
Checkmate straight men.
You’ve dealt a crushing blow to straight culture with this.
no, not my precious straight culture
I’m sorry, it needed to be put down 😞 would you like the ashes?
yes, I will spread them on Straight Street in Syria
it’s funny because there’s a place in Syria called Straight Street, which contains the word “straight”, which happens to be the topic of our conversation
best regards,
grain
Dear GrainEater,
I hope this correspondence finds you well.
Thank you for the explanation, that’s answered many of my questions.
I hope you and the herd are doing well.
Kind regards,
Ratto
yw
– grain-man
I had a relation that went by “Babe” as a nickname, even his sons- and daughters-in-law called him that, the father/brother term is where it came from.